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SNP and Tories aim to give Gordon Brown 'Glasgow kiss' in by-election

Updated on 07 July 2008

By Gary Gibbon

It's one of Labour's safest seats, in theory. But the Scottish National party is aiming to give Gordon Brown a bloody nose in his own back yard of Glasgow East.

But with the campaign already underway Labour will only confirm who their candidate will be later tonight.

And today the Tory Leader dropped in to discuss welfare reform in one of the poorest areas of Britain.

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